No those algorithms do their jobs when the queue is overloaded and the way ALTQ works it makes it magics only when network is congested. So make sure you do not overload you VoIP queue.

That's good. To put it best you will see some drops with traffic shaping, but a lot could be a problem. I was looking at http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,14485.0.html Make sure you set your up and download right.

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@ipnet: OK, I found this thread where it says that is being considered for future releases. http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,2718.0.html This posts are dated back in 2006… BR @http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic: This bounty is completed, for support, head to the 2.0 board.

Thats what I thought, it was a dumb question. I have searched the forum for the keyword transparent and came up with lots of other people asking if it will do (trasparent shaping) and its seems it will with the 1.2 version i.e. ala brided mode. I will install that tomorrow and see how it works. Thanks for the reply…

This is still a problem for me. Here is the shaper rule for a local IP: [image: shaper_rule.png] This IP is only able to upload to the internet at 300kbps.  All traffic coming from this system is supposed to fall into this queue.  All of it does, unless it is a connection that is forwarded over the NAT. Here is my NAT rule: [image: nat_forwarding.png] When someone connects over SSH (the port 22 that is forwarded) from a remote site, they are able to download files from 192.168.75.51 at the full bandwidth of our connection.  The connection is not being placed properly by the shaper rule into the proper queue that would limit its bandwidth to 300kbps.

Thanks, I was hoping there was an easier way to do it. Anxiously awaiting the stable 2.0…  :)

@ermal: Or it is dropping cause the queues are too short. Without proper analysis nobody can give a propper answer. You cannot really say that a box routes 1Gbit traffic is overloaded by ALTQ, i would just say that there is no complete information to say anything. Beaware that HZ might need to be tweaked too to handle the load. cough Yes I can. –Bill

Just run the wizard it will help. If you want try out the layer7 shaper to 'really' shape bitorrent.

No problem!  I hope it helps!  One of my favorite speed testing sites is http://www.speedtest.net It's very reliable, and it stores results for your IP.  You set your download AND upload to 2700?  This is a good starting point, and you may be able to fine tune it some more by averaging your capacity over time.  Again, if this is a business you are setting this up for, make sure you also know if the phones use the paired T1's. A good stress test on your shaper is to ALLOW P2P traffic and attempt to download multiple Ubuntu (for example) torrents.  The goal is to saturate your pipe and to start sending out as many ACKs as possible to make sure you have everything tuned correctly.  You have the added benefit of also testing out other queue reservations, to make sure the saturation isn't bringing everything else down to it's knees.  (Like system related traffic, mail server, web server, vpn server, etc)  P2P traffic is a good way to do this, since you are connected to so many peers with a lot of data coming down. Then when you're done, PENALIZE P2P traffic in it's lower priority queue.  :)

actually i didnt set the penalty box in the wizard so can any1 tell me how to specify it manually now?

Do you mean you lose internet connectivity when enabling traffic shaping? used the wizard? what about your firewall rules? any more info. will help for sure.